Archive for May, 2010
Twenty large upcoming courthouse and jail/prison construction projects — May 2010
The accompanying tables show 20 of the largest upcoming courthouse and jail/prisonconstruction projects. They are all in the planning stage and are mainly new projects, but may also involve additions and/or alterations.
The United States is downgraded while Canada gets an upgrade
According to the recently published IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the U.S. no longer ranks as the most competitive economy among the world’s 58 largest countries.
The Blue Nose province has the wind in its sails in 2010
Approaching the second half of 2010, there are clear signs that Nova Scotia’s economic pulse is starting to beat more quickly.
Cheap natural gas should fuel Canada for a long time
Two recent reports suggest that the alternative fuel of choice over the next 20 to 30 years won’t be nuclear, coal, oil, wind or solar – but rather, natural gas.
State and Local Government Spending to Decline Again in FY ’11
The recession is not over in the public sector of the economy although the recovery began nearly a year ago in the private sector. State and municipal spending will shrink again in the fiscal year beginning on July 1st with construction projects taking a larger cut than staff or social and medical services, says Reed Construction Data chief economist Jim Haughey.
